Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[a^]f"fl[i^]ng), a.
   Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling
   currents, winds, tasks. -- {Baff"ling*ly}, adv. --
   {Baff"ling*ness}, n.